Joanne Moffic-Silver

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Joanne Moffic-Silver has almost 40 years of direct experience in financial markets and corporate law. From 1997 to 2018, Joanne served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of CBOE Global Markets and its predecessor firms & subsidiary exchanges.

During her tenure at the CBOE, Joanne built a department of over twenty lawyers, provided executive level strategic guidance, broad corporate legal support, oversaw key aspects of compliance related to conflicts of interest, securities transactions, and insider trading. Joanne also developed strong regulatory relationships in Washington D.C.

Prior to joining CBOE in 1980, Joanne served as a staff attorney for the CME Group.

Joanne received her J.D. degree with high honors from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1977, and her B.A. with high honors (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Wisconsin in 1974.

Joanne has been an executive committee member of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law since 2011, and an active member of its Law Advisory Board since 1999.

Among Joanne’s professional awards are: Anti-Defamation League’s Women of Achievement in 2015, First Chair Top General Counsel in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and National Law Journal’s Legal Department of the Year in Corporate Compliance in 2015.

Joanne’s several volunteer activities include: Midwest Regional Board Member of the Anti-Defamation League, Mentor for the American Corporate Partners Women’s Veteran Program, and Mentor for female students sponsored by Aspire, and Director of MISSD (Medication-Induced Suicide Prevention and Education Foundation) a nonprofit organization.